Prayer is a mission to bring hurting world to God, pope says March 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The call to prayer is an “active mission,” one that does not take a believer from the world but prompts the believer to bring to God the pain and concerns of the world — including the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis on Ukraine: ‘Stop this massacre’ March 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Appealing again for an end to the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said those who invoke God to promote or justify violence “profane his name.”
Senate passes omnibus spending bill with Hyde, other pro-life provisions March 11, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The chairmen of several U.S. bishops’ committees and the head of March for Life March 11 praised the U.S. senators who voted to pass the government’s omnibus bill with the Hyde Amendment and other pro-life provisions included in it.
Father James Goode, ‘dean of Black Catholic preachers,’ dies at 81 March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Franciscan Father James E. Goode, whose evangelizing work among Black Catholics became known throughout the United States and earned him the title “dean of Black Catholic preachers,” died in his sleep March 4 in New York. He was 81.
Papal envoy sets off for besieged Ukrainian cities with ‘Gospel weapons’ March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News At the behest of Pope Francis, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, arrived in Poland March 7 to offer encouragement and material help to Ukrainian refugees and the volunteers assisting them. Two days later, he crossed the border into Ukraine.
Hearing focuses on holding Putin accountable for ‘war crimes, aggression’ March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, War in Ukraine, World News Just a day after a U.S. House commission’s hearing on holding Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for “war crimes and aggression against Ukraine,” his military forces carried out an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol in the East European country.
CRS leader concerned by growing needs of refugees fleeing Ukraine March 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News In response to more than 2 million refugees, primarily women and children, fleeing the conflict in Ukraine in recent weeks, the president and CEO of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services said it is “alarming to see the scale of the suffering” in the region.
‘It’s an all-out war,’ Cardinal Parolin says of Russian invasion of Ukraine March 10, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Condemning Russia’s bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine, the Vatican secretary of state insisted diplomacy and negotiations are the only ways to prevent the situation from getting much worse.
Ukrainian metropolitan: Why do U.N., OSCE exist if law not enforced? March 10, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine challenged the international community to “take action so that Russia immediately stops the barbaric ruination of Ukrainian cities, villages and their population.”
Loyola School recognized for excellence by university March 10, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Loyola School, a Jesuit all-scholarship preschool and elementary school in Baltimore, will receive Loyola University Maryland’s 2022 Milch Community Partnership Award in recognition of its service to city families.
Emmaus teams aim to help parish renewal March 10, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Leading a retreat is just one component of the work done by the Office of Parish Renewal and its Emmaus Teams, which are designed to support parishes and their staff with a wide variety of resources.
People of all faiths gather at cathedrals, churches to pray for Ukraine March 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine, Catholic and other faith leaders and parishioners across the United States have been gathering to pray for peace.
